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Halloween – Toddler Storytime

Is there anything more adorable than toddlers in costume? At today’s storytimes we had a clown (rosy cheeks and all), a lion, a pumpkin, a football player (with padded fabric helmet), Thor (cape and muscles included), and cowpokes!

MOVEMENT: “Reach for the Ceiling” from Toddlers on Parade by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel

MOVEMENT: Itsy Bitsy Spider

COUNTING SONG:Pumpkins from Artfelt (one side is a pumpkin, one side is a jack-o-lantern)

FLANNELBOARD:Mouse’s Halloween House

Story and Pattern from Mother Goose’s Playhouse by Judy Sierra

One day in the fall, a little gray mouse found a big orange house. She nibbled a hole in the middle, to make a door. And she nibbled two holes up near the top, to make two windows. And then she nibbled a wide hole near the bottom, so that all her children could run in and out. Then she put a candle inside to light up the darkness.

The mouse’s little house
was a sight to be seen.
It was a jack-o’-lantern –
Happy Halloween!

MOVEMENT: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music

MOVEMENT:Once There was a PumpkinOnce there was a pumpkin (put hands together to make a circle)And it grew (separate hands but keep circle shape)and grew (arms bigger)
and grew (arms bigger)

Now it’s a jack-o-lantern
And it smiles at you (smile and point at audience)and you (point at audience)
and you. (point at audience)

MOVEMENT: Storytime’s Over

HOW IT WENT:
Fun! I like Pumply Dumply Pumpkin, event though at first it seems a bit long. But the pictures are bright and so fun. And it’s always great to find a nice new Halloween book for this age group – I read the reviews of It’s Halloween Night! and just got it sight unseen because it seemed like a good fit. And while the kids were kind of too young to guess, it still made a good read. Mouse’s Halloween House got a lot of awws.